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Y E. L. GLENN.

RETAINER FOR UMBRELLA AND'PARASOL RUNNERS. No. 362,888. Patented May 10,1887.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATEs PATENT @EETCE.

EDMUND L. GLENN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO S. IV.EVANS, JR, OF SAME PLACE.

RETAINER FOR UMBRELLA AND PARASOL RUNNERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,888, dated May 10,1887.

Application filed December 4,1886. Serial No. 220,646.

fully set forth in the following specification.

and accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 represent sideelevations, respectively, of the upper and lower retainers of anumbrellarunner embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a front view ofan u in brella-stick showing edge of lower retainer.

Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the lower retainer. Figs. 5 and6 represent modifications of the retainers.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a retainer for an umbrella or parasol runner,formed of a catch and a plate, the latter holding one end of the catchand filling the kerf in which the fastener is fitted.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a part of the stick of anumbrella, and B the runner thereof. Formed in the stick, at the placescoincident with the position of the runnor in the open and closedconditions of the umbrella,are longitudinally-extending grooves or kerfsO D, and in the same are fitted the re tainers for the runner. Eachretainer consists of a plate, E, and aspringcatch, F, both formed ofmetal of the same thickness, or approximately so; but any other suitablematerial may be used. The plate E has a longitudinally-extending recess,G, the inner end thereof extending laterally or being enlarged, formingthe slot H. The catch F, formed preferably of sheet metal, consists of ahead, J a shank, K, and toe L. The shank K occupies the recess G of theplate E, it being noticed that said recess is considerably wider thanthe shank, so that the latter may play in the former. The toe L snuglyoccupies the slot H, thus connecting the catch with the plate. The

head J extends beyond one side of the plate opposite to the toe L andprojects therefrom so as to protrude beyond the kerf of the stick,whereby it may be readily pressed in by the thumb or fingers of thehand. XVheu a catch (N0 model.)

and plate are fitted together, as shown in Fig. 4, it is inserted in itsproper kerf in the stick, and pins M are driven into the stick, passingthrough openings in the plate, whereby the plate is firmly connectedwith the stick. As the catch is secured to the plate by means of the toeL it cannot be displaced, and as the shank is held at one end by saidtoe it provides the necessary elasticity for the catch, so that as thehead J is pressed in the catch yields and allows the passage of therunner, after which the catch springs out or returnsto its normalposition, holding the runner in closed or open positionsof the umbrella,as the case may be. The head of the catch is supported on the adjacentwall of the plate, thus limiting the outward motion of the catch andrelieving the shank of strain. The plates also snugly occupy the kerl'sof the stick flush with the surface thereof, thus filling or closing thesame and avoiding the openings usual in sticks of this class.

In Fig. 5 the plate or case E and catch F are shown integral or made ofone piece, the catch being held at one end and its shank separated fromthe adjacent portions of the plate.

In Fig. 6 the catch is shown as made of wire, and it is attached at oneend to the plate E, the operation being similar to that hereinbeforestated.

If desired, the plate E may be made of white or other metal cast intoproper shape and the catch secured thereto in any suitable manner.

Other forms and construction of the plate and catch may be adopted, theprinciples of the invention being preserved.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a retention device for anumbrella or parasol, consisting of a narrow case having a slotted top, acatch projecting through the slot and adapted to turn atits rear end inthe case. and a spring located under the catch; but I am not aware thatthe particular construction herein described, wherein the retainerconsists of a plate having a recess and slot, the latter being adaptedto receive the toe of the catch, so that the latter is securely held inposition in said plate while theplate isin the kerf of thestick, whichsecures a retainer both effective and durable, and one which costs butlittle to man ufacture, has ever before been used.

2 aeaaaa Having thus described my invention, What I 2. A retainer for anumbrella or parasoLconclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letterssisting of a plate having'a recess and slot at Patent, isi one endthereof and a catch formed of a head,

1. A retainer foran umbrellaor paras0l,c0na shank, and a toe, said slotreceiving the toe 5 sisting of the plate E, with longitudinally-exof thecatch, thus connecting the catch with 15 tending recess G, the inner endof which exthe plate, substantially as described.

tends laterally, forming the slot H. the catch EDMUND L. GLENN. F, withhead J, having its shank K in the re Witnesses: cess G, and its toe L inthe slot H, all sub- JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

1o stantially as described. 7 JERRY MODONOUGH.

